How Does Cancer Immunotherapy Work?

Traditionally, cancer treatment has revolved around chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. But thanks to groundbreaking immune checkpoint blockade research led by Jim Allison, Ph.D., we have a new way to treat cancer: immunotherapy. Rather than treating the cancer directly, immunotherapy trains the immune system to attack cancer.

Just like our healthy cells, malignant cancer cells need energy to survive. Sophia Lunt, Ph.D explains how she intends to cut off cancer cells' survival potential, and pioneer a new way of halting their growth.